allie's dad and brother were here next, we took a bus out to Quilotoa

then a pick up truck for a half hour into the town, woot

arrival! i was trailing behind as usual and had no idea what they were looking at..

we had already reached the emerald crater lake! Alec warned me that from no point of the rim can you fit the entire thing in a photo. unless you have a supersuper wide lens

looks like he has no legs!

our hostal. it is SO COLD out here. elevation:3914 meters, or 12841 ft.

the hike is advertised as 4-6 hours, we did it in just over 4. beware of cliffs, shifting winds, and low visibility due to fog.

these photos really don't do it justice

we made it. even mr. Goldstein

now do you want to hike down?